D*I*Y Planner | the best thing in printing since Gutenberg Healthy Eating Tips | Summer Tomato - Upgrade Your Healthstyle The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness — Health Blog The Affordable Care Act took effect on Jan. 1, and the health-care overhaul is now affecting millions of people. Throughout 2014, the Wall Street Journal is telling the stories of ten people, documenting the impact the law has on their lives. Along the way, we’re asking you to share your story with us. “The Affordable Care Act allowed me to stay on my dad’s insurance plan for a year after graduation until I found a job with benefits.” – David Stanton “It has allowed me to leave my job of 10 years and start my own company–a dream come true! “I am a gastroenterologist in a large single specialty group. “I have owned a [medical billing] revenue cycle management company since 1982. “Our premium for the same or worse coverage ($5,000 deductible) is going from $830 per month to $2,221 per month. I was one of the lucky few who signed up for the ACA before this year.
Metabolic Typing: Self Test from Natural Health Yellow Pages Q: I have just taken my Nutritional Profile Metabolic Test. It recommends certain supplements from Ultra Life, Inc. Why should I use Ultra Life supplements instead of some from my local health food store or some other supplier? A: The primary reason is because Ultra Life, Inc. is the only supplement company that produces formulas exclusively designed for the different Nutritional Types.”One size fits all” does not work in nutrition. Q: As long as I use good quality supplements won’t my system simply pick out what it needs and reject the rest? A: This is, unfortunately, an all too common misconception. In addition, if the supplements are incorrect for that individual’s Metabolic Type®, they may actually make an existing imbalance or symptom much worse.
Health In the future, the EOSC plans to expand by adding an outdoor competition swimming pool, a two-court basketball gymnasium with an elevated running track, three soccer fields and additional parking. Oakland District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced Thursday morning the launch of a billboard campaign aimed at combating human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of minors in the Bay Area. A care facility has backed out of a deal to receive brain dead teen as Attorney Chris Dolan accuses Children's Hospital of getting in the way. The family of Jahi McMath says they have found a Bay Area facility to accept the 13-year-old, but Children's Hospital says transferring her would violate a recent court order. With call centers inundated with questions and lengthy wait times, volunteer groups are bridges between East Bay residents and Covered California. In a boon for West Oakland residents, cancer-causing diesel pollution from the Port of Oakland's maritime operations has plunged 70 percent.
Positive Thoughts We always seem to want those things we don't have. Moreover, we are often convinced that if we had those things we want so badly, we would finally be happy. Singles who want to be in a relationship often believe once they are in one they will finally be happy. Those in shaky relationships hope their relationship will work out, because having worked it out will finally make them happy. "I will be happy when I am in love." The truth is that happiness is an attitude. You will not get that deep sense of satisfaction and happiness you crave just by getting or improving a relationship. Is the glass half empty or half full? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Your Relationship Coach,Rinatta Paries Celiac disease 4 times as common today as it was 50 years ago, silent disease may increase mortality 4 times Celiac disease is the most common genetically based food intolerance (1% prevalence among general population) (JAMA 2014, From Mayo Clinic: Celiac disease, an immune system reaction to gluten in the diet, is at least four times as common today as it was 50 years ago, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this month in the journal Gastroenterology. Lack of awareness of celiac could be contributing to a delay of up to 11 years in diagnosis of adults in North America ( The study also found that subjects who unknowingly had celiac disease were nearly four times as likely as celiac-free subjects to have died during the 45 years of follow-up. In the video files below, Joseph Murray, M.D., the Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist who led the study, describes the study findings and provides background on the disease, its symptoms and treatment. Related reading: